Monday, November 24, 2008

tendril

tendril-The twisting, clinging, slender growth on many vines, which allows the plant to attach themselves to a support or trellis.

As kids grow, they naturally pull away from their family. But when tough times come, parents may see the small tendrils their children still have clinging to the support they have known at home. It is amazing the storms and trials kids go through these days, but having a support at home helps them to remain stable and strong while they are still developing. If kids can keep those tendrils in tact, they can continue to feel the support offered by their family well into their maturing years. The support can help them stay grounded when the storms and winds of life blow. They may not be as attached as they once were, but those tendrils back to home will provide enough support to the growing child that they can make it through.

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Wednesday, November 5, 2008

propagation

PROPAGATION — In gardening usage, this refers to the many different ways of starting new plants.

“Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he shall not turn from it.” Proverbs 22:6

Although I do believe that there are certain things that every child should be taught, it is also just as important for the individual child to be able to live according to his/her own person. For children to be allowed to follow their own path, a parent must recognize the child’s strengths and interests so that the child will be trained and led in the “way that he should go.”

I have heard it taught about the passage above, that the proverb refers to more than just the moral path that children should be taught. They must also be trained along their natural “bent”. I believe this also includes the way that the child should be trained. For some kids, just looking at them disapprovingly is enough. Others need more restraint in their training. Some will learn the first time, others will take longer.

As each child differs from another, we will do well to keep in mind each individual child’s differences so that we can indeed “train him in the way that he should go.”

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